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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: Miocene and Pliocene Artidactyls
Texas Gulf Coastal Plain
Texas Gulf Coastal Plain
By
The University of Texas, 1966
University of Texas, Ph.D. thesis, June, 1966
Twenty-five species of fossil artiodactyls from a series of vertically successive
mammalian assemblages in Miocene and Pliocene deposits of the Gulf Coastal
Plain are described and their systematic positions discussed. Among the new
forms recognized are two camel genera: Australo-camelus, the probable
Aepycamelus ancestor, and Nothotylopus, a member of the Protolabis-
Pliauchenia lineage. The camel-like genus, Floridatragulus, is placed in the
Tylopoda as a new family. The Gulf Coast species of Syntetoceratinae are discussed
and the phylogeny of the subfamily outlined. Evidence deriving from
this study indicates that the Cold Spring and Lapara Creek faunas
are of early Barstovian and Early Clarendonian age, respectively. End_of_Record - Last_Page 13--------